BOSSLER Roofing Company Takes Off Wrong Roof!

It's past playing nice time
He should go into the local Police station & file a complaint
The Police should then go & arrest the owner of the company & workers for Vandalism
THEN file a lawsuit for damages
THEN see about having their license revoked until the new roof is on

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It is not only the mix-up that burns Fischer, it's that 2 months later his roof still has no tiles.
Now, his insurance company is threatening to cancel his policy if the roof isn't replaced and he claims Bossler refuses to do the work.

BOSSLER Roofing Company Takes Off Wrong Roof!

I am betting the guy doesn't have the money to put a roof on and pay legal fees. He will prevail and get fees back, the money for the roof, and probably punitive damages if the roofer doesn't belly up or something but after how many months of waiting out the court system, getting the judgment, collecting on the judgment etc.

Really irks me to hear people taking advantage of someone vulnerable this way. The roofer's lawyer must be a first class sleezeball himself to put up with a client like he has.

Great Fisher's insurance company is stepping up to the plate with full force too! I am sure there is a clause in his policy freeing them from paying for any of it.

BOSSLER Roofing Company Takes Off Wrong Roof!

=Scuba_Dave;334785]It's past playing nice time
He should go into the local Police station & fuile a complaint

it appears to be an honest mistake. That is not vandalism. In fact, it is not criminal at all.

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The Police should then go & arrest the owner of the company & workers for Vandalism

Not happening.

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THEN file a lawsuit for damages

this is where he can start

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THEN see about having their license revoked until the new roof is on

license revoked for what? They made a mistake. They can, and most likely will be held responsible for their actions but trying to damage their license status? Very doubtful.

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=Scuba_Dave;334803]Any smart lawyer would take the case (free) based on a percentage of the settlement

Not really. Not nearly enough money in this to work on a contingency.

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AND plaster the News with the information & the Roofing Co's refusal to correct the matter

and what do you think we read?

What the guy needs to do. Hire a roofing company to install a new roof and sue the schlub that tore off the wrong roof for the damages. The home owner is due what it costs to repair it to before the mistake with same quality of materials.

There are no punitive damages due. There was no malice in the mistaken actions.

In fact, a judge could find for the depreciated value of the roof rather than a replacement value. A court attempts to make one "whole" which means to return you to the same position you were in before the damage. In this case, if the roof had been in place for half the expected life of a roof of that quality, then the home owner would actually only be due 1/2 the value of a new roof.

Homeowner needs to also mitigate any possible damages by weatherproofing the home to prevent any water intrusion damage. Schlub is not liable for damages the homeowner allowed to happen due to inaction in preventing any further damages.

I would expect to see a competitor to the Schlub step forward and install a roof with payment either expected after homeowner recovers from Schlub or maybe even donating the roof as a PR situation.

BOSSLER Roofing Company Takes Off Wrong Roof!

So I can go & damage someone's property & then say OOPS...my mistake
Don't think so
It's criminal to damage something & NOT fix it
It's an accident when you fix what you broke
Yes lawyer will take it, even if it puts the roofing company out of business
Do a search, another roofing company did the same thing & was facing having their license suspended

BOSSLER Roofing Company Takes Off Wrong Roof!

Main Entry: van·dal·ism
Pronunciation: \ˈvan-də-ˌli-zəm\
Function: noun
Date: 1798: willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or private property

willful in this context would infer the damage was intentional and not in the meaning that he meant to tear off the roof. It would have to mean the Schlub intented to injure the homeowner. There was no willful intent to damage the guy and there is absolutely no malice.

It was an accident for gosh sake. Do you think every accident is criminal. Have you ever been in a car accident? Did you go to jail for the simple accident itself? Of course not. There was no malice and it was not willful.

There is nothing criminal in the actions of the roofer. It was a simple mistake.

here is a definition from a dictionary that would be germane to the use of the term: